How to avoid recurrence of sciatica

Notes to self on avoiding recurrence of sciatica:
1. Don’t drive the minivan.
2. Do not attempt to compensate for the driver’s seat deficiencies with lumber supports, heat/massage pads and other futile paraphenalia. You still can’t sit up straight in it.
3. Don’t think tripling your journey time by taking the bus will alleviate the problem.
4. Just because [...]

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Back to back

Like most people, I was unaware that my life was filled with spinal experts. My back and I had ambled along blithely ignorant this knowledge bank surrounded us.
My conscious relationship with my back began in early 2002. We got along reasonably well before that, but had never talked feelings or divulged intimate secrets. Then, one [...]

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